Hard drive does not

I'm on a laptop DV7 64 bit. I am trying to download data to a CD, but although the drive sounds like it's functional nothing happens. I checked and it is activated. It shows when I go into control panel > computer but it is not displayed in devices and printers. Windows doesn't seem to be able to find it. The driver is up-to-date and under properties, it is said to work.

Suggestions, please. Gordon

Wb2001 well, you can believe in the law of Pavlov, but in this case no congratulations and not much help, I'm afraid. The link that you mentioned me doesn't seem to provide any solution so I'm leaving on a different way of exploration, the details of which, I can reveal that he was a bit hit and miss, but now I have solved my problem.

Gordon W

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